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pakkopsäytyslaite

English translation: automatic braking system

12:33 Jan 5, 2005
Finnish to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Engineering (general)
Finnish term or phrase: pakkopsäytyslaite
Control desk description of train

Automatic stopping device?
Elizabeth Niklewska
United Kingdom
Local time: 02:59
English translation:automatic braking system
Explanation:
"One of the key questions surrounding the west London train crash is whether better warning or automatic braking systems would have prevented the accident." from http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/special_report/1999/10/99/london_...

Or is it the emergency brake (or emergency braking system)?
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urbom
United Kingdom
Local time: 02:59
Grading comment
Thanks
A different term translated as "emergency braking system" appears elsewhere, so this a good option
3 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +2emergency stop equipment
Spencer Allman
3automatic braking system
urbom


  

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10 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
pakkopsäytyslaite
emergency stop equipment


Explanation:
That is what it means, I would suggest. For the correct terminology I suppose you will have to search the Internet

BTW: I guess the spelling is pysatys

Spencer Allman
United Kingdom
Local time: 02:59
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Desmond O'Rourke: Emergency stopping device would be another alternative
1 hr
agree  mezcalfi: actually, pysäytys is the correct form. I would go for 'energency stopping device' too.
20 hrs
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
pakkopysäytyslaite
automatic braking system


Explanation:
"One of the key questions surrounding the west London train crash is whether better warning or automatic braking systems would have prevented the accident." from http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/special_report/1999/10/99/london_...

Or is it the emergency brake (or emergency braking system)?


    Reference: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/special_report/1999/10/99/london_...
urbom
United Kingdom
Local time: 02:59
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 3
Grading comment
Thanks
A different term translated as "emergency braking system" appears elsewhere, so this a good option

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Desmond O'Rourke: automaattinen jarrujärjestelmä - not the same thing as pakkopysäytyslaite
32 mins
  -> OK, scrap that part and leave it at automatic braking system.
neutral  Timo Lehtilä: There are three related terms here in Finnish (and English?) 1. hätäpysäytys (emergency stopping), 2. automaattinen pysäytys (automatic..), 3. pakkopysäytys (forced..). The difference is not always clear but often it is. 'pakko-' does not nesessarily ..
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